What if the Europeans Never Colonized the Americas? part 1

A look at what if the natives remained in power in the Americas.

[Axyr]

WhatIfAltHist: "The incas would have spread into colombia"
Me, watching from a former Inca City in Southern Colombia: :0

[elliotfeldman]

One objection:
The Inca Empire was made up of "impenetrable mountains", and they would have easily expanded into other mountainous regions.
Other than that, great video!

[pronumeral]

"African diseases prevent civilization in the jungle"

What about the Khmer, Majapahit/Srivijaya, Khmer, Sukothai, Champa, southern Chinese, states of Bengal, the Tamil Kingdoms... ? Weren't they exposed to African diseases through the Indian Ocean trade?

[Daddy_Baphomet]

The haida people in british columbia weren't really the hunter gather type. They were big fans of slavery and fishing. They also had decent sized villages, unique art and long boats similar to viking boats.

[dragoninthewest]

I heard one of the main reasons disease was so devastating was due to famine. While the Spaniards did have immunities pass down both genetically and through their mother's milk (you get some of your mom's antibodies), the Aztecs didn't starting see the massive losses to diseases until starvation set in.

[bottomtext]

Please, please get a better microphone.

[jgr]

you forgot the main force in the European conquest of the Americas: aid of the peoples subjected by the local

[johnkeefer]

There is no way the Aztecs ever conquer anywhere near what shown.

The Aztec’s were already at the limit of what their system could support. Nobody under Aztec rule wanted to be

[cameronwhorf]

Actually by 1500 the Incas were estimated to have 12 million people while the Holy Roman Empire, pretty much Germany, had an estimated population of 16 million people...

[VologdaMapping]

Love your channel, always a pleasure to see new uploads

[jacob.]

7:50 the Wabanaki Confederacy? One of the powerful tribal confederations the French allied with. And, these tribes were fairly large, up to sizes of the Mohawk. The Maliseet and Mi'kmaq are very notable.

[petermann]

IMO the best timeline for Native Americans would have been if the Vinland colony succeeded. Over the next ~500 years, that would have given time for the population to recover from the diseases and iron tech to disseminate. It probably would be more or less like your timeline with the main difference being a hybrid Iriquois-Norse culture in the North-East.

Post ~1500s, that probably would yield a situation similiar to Africa and East Asia where they are behind the Europeans in technology but developed enough that outright conquest is difficult until the technological gap is sufficiently wide like in the 1800s. In that scenario, the American east coast would probably be expanded into by European trading companies much as India was in our timeline.

[freddypedraza]

What if a time traveler teaches the Romans how to build guns, about oil, steam engines, what ships can cross the ocean, and of course Geography
All hell would break loose

[karenarmstrong]

8:32 so the aztecs would be china and iroquois are russia

[memesareforkids]

1:43 F in the chat for the guy that got clubbed in the face

[SuperExodian]

what if the diesease arrived even earlier, because of the viking sttlements in north america not failing? or maybe failing later on.

or one step further, trading between vikings and natives uplifting their technology/agriculture

[mauriciovalente]

Hey, I recently discovered your channel and your videos seem really interesting, but I must tell you that, counting only the brazilian part of the "this region is only barely habitable now", there are at least 37 million people (probably more than 40 million, tbh) currently residing there.

[louisxix]

you should do a video on what if the Spanish armada successfully invaded England in 1588

[snakehead]

A lot of tribes in Alaska especially in the Southeast were very war like

[sstsaldana]

Good video vato! Keep up the good work. Getting ready to watch the 2nd video of the series. You just got a new subscriber.